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‘Newsies’ takes center stage at South Side High By KELSIE RADZISKI kradziski@liherald.com
Kelsie Radziski/Herald
The South Side High School Theater Department will stage its spring musical, “Newsies,” next month.
A cast of South Side High School students is busy rehearsing for the school’s highly anticipated spring musical, “Newsies,” which will take the stage early next month. The production is the culmination of months of preparation, teamwork and dedication, and it has emphasized to all involved why theater is so impactful. The journey began in November, when the show was announced to students just before Thanksgiving break. Auditions followed in December, marking the start of an intensive rehearsal schedule. Students have rotated among dance rehearsals, music practice and stage time, with rehearsals running up to five days a week. “It just kind of grows and grows until we can make it through bigger and bigger chunks of it,” Russell Dembin, the director of the musical and the theater teacher, said. Nearly 40 students — including two fifth-graders — are part of the production, which also involves a student-run CoNTiNueD oN page 9
RVC teen to present at D.C. psychology conference By KELSIE RADZISKI kradziski@liherald.com
Anna Calabrese, an 11th grader from Rockville Centre attending Sacred Heart Academy, will be presenting her research project at the prestigious American Psychological Society conference in May. The project, titled “The Effects of Different Social Sup-
port Systems on Perceived Rejection,” was developed in collaboration with her friend Ilenia Graffagnino, as part of their participation in Hofstra University’s Summer Science Research Program. Over the summer, the students worked to explore how different forms of social support – emotional and informational – impact individuals’ experiences of rejection.
The primary goal of the study was to determine whether the Berlin Social Support Scale, which had previously been used to assess the impact of support on cancer patients, could also be applied to individuals with mental health struggles. After confirming its effectiveness, the study examined whether emotional or informational support had a greater
impact on reducing perceived rejection. The results revealed that emotional support was more effective in decreasing perc e ive d re j ec t i o n , w i t h i ts impact being par ticularly stronger in women. Calabrese and Graffagnino spent two days a week over the summer working in Hofstra’s
lab and one day per week focusing on their project, alongside seminars featuring professionals from various scientific fields. Their project took just over a month to complete, with them working from July to August of 2024. “It definitely taught me a lot about teamwork, because you CoNTiNueD oN page 7